Brussels, 22/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Voting in the UN Security Council on the Palestinian request for recognition of its independent statehood could take “several weeks”, according to French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé. He said on Thursday 22 September that this time could be put to good use to develop the proposal made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in his speech to the UN of an “intermediate status of observer state” for Palestine. “This would give the Palestinians hope...